On 4 Mar 2007 01:29:17 -0800, "Vince" wrote:

Hi Newbie hear, so please don't shoot me!

Are we currently at the bottom of the sunspot cycle, hence the poor
reception from around 10MHz and above?

Could someone also point me in the direction of a good web resource
for showing the anticipated best times for reception across the bands?

Thanks

Vince
England, UK.

We are currently at or near the bottom of the sunspot cycle.

Here is a useful web site that will give you the maximum useable
frequency at any given time, for your location:

http://www.spacew.com/www/realtime.php

bob
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